FLASH CARD ID'S - define and state the causes and effects of the following terms.

 

1. Yalta Conference

2. National Security Act             

3. Marshall Plan

4. Berlin Airlift

5. N.A.T.O.

6. NSC-68

7. Containment

8. Taft-Hartley Act

9. Fair Deal

10. Truman Doctrine

 

SOCRATIC SEMINAR PROMPTS - select three of the following prompts and write a one paragraph response to each prompt you select.

 

1. Explain the different transitions in Amerian society after World War II ended.

 

2. What were the seeds that sprouted into "Cold War" tension up to 1946?

 

3. Explain how the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift all reflected the growing Cold War.  Who do you think won each of these Cold War "battles?"

 

4. Evaluate Truman as a President.  What were his strengths and weaknesses.  How did the public view him at the time?

 

5. What nations or foreign philosophies do you think need to be "contained" today?

 

6. Do you think the U.S. should be applauded or condemned for what they did in Japan and Western Europe after World War II?  Defend your answer. 

 

7. What was the difference between the United Nations and NATO?  Do you think the United Nations should be able to dictate US foreign policy today? 

 

8. In what ways was 1949 a turning point for the Soviet Union in the Cold War? 

 

9. What were the causes of "hysteria" in the US after World War II and how did this hysteria manifest itself?  Do you think this "hysteria" was justified?